{"product_id":"black-coffee-and-red-lipstick-notes-on-living-by-alexandra-shulman","title":"Black Coffee and Red Lipstick: Notes on living by Alexandra Shulman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDATE OF RELEASE: 1 OCT 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack Coffee and Red Lipstick is a collection of essays that weave ideas about our domestic and daily life - hence the black coffee - with thoughts on style and the way we present ourselves - hence the red lipstick. It combines anecdotes and observations from Alexandra Shulman's 25 years spent editing British Vogue and her current life as a freelance writer and commentator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe draws on her experiences as a magazine editor but also a mother, daughter, sibling, girlfriend, housekeeper and lover of shopping. Alexandra left her job at Vogue in 2017 to embark on a different way of life and while this is in no way a book of self-discovery it does touch on the question of things or patterns of behaviour that make us who we are? The essays will be a mixture of ideas from her quest for the perfect eyeliner, to why picnics are so delightful. How it is that men and women see different things in the home - is there male pattern blindness? - to why our hair matters so much to us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFriendship, siblings, gardening and grey hair will also be explored with Alexandra's characteristic wit and incisiveness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 1 Oct 2026, Octopus \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781846017780\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 304 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57343434948990,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781846017780.jpg?v=1777550411","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/black-coffee-and-red-lipstick-notes-on-living-by-alexandra-shulman","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}